Sunday, November 14, 2010

Quick & Easy "Cheesecake"

Hey everyone! I hope you are having a great Sunday. This is Amy, coming at you with this week's pie.

This pie is a super quick and easy one that takes very little effort. Also a total bonus in that most of the ingredients are shelf stable (with the exception of lemon juice and cream cheese. Since both of those keep for ages in the fridge I always have ingredients for this pie on hand.

Ingredients are:

1 pre-made graham cracker pie crust (you can of course make your own if you so desire)

1tsp vanilla

1 16 oz block cream cheese

1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

1/3 cup lemon juice (fresh is best but use what you have)

1 can of pie filling for topping (i like cherry)

Mix together the sweetened condensed milk and room-temp cream cheese, use a hand mixer or stand mixer for this part. Once combined use a spatula to mix in lemon juice & vanilla until combined.

Pour into your pie shell and you are done! Let the pie chill in the fridge a few hours before serving. If you want to add toppings (and why wouldn't you) let pie chill for 30 or so minuted and add 3/4 of a can of cherry pie filling on top (the whole can will overflow, don't ask how I know that). Or E's family (where I got this recipe) likes to top the pie with pineapple & maraschino cherries. However you top it this is a tasty, easy, quick desert.

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Pie Ranking by the Chief Pie Taster - Eldon

1. Butter Tarts. A Canadian specialty that will make you swear loyalty to the queen.

2. Crack. Words would do this pie injustice, so I’m just going to say…YUM!

3. Strawberry. The fresh factor of the strawberry pie edges out #4 placing this tasty morsel in a close 2nd place.

4. Chess. So close to 3rd…just like my team in the region this year! ½ point and both the pie and the roadrunners would have made it.

5. Cannoli. I might be out of line with the ladies on this, but with a couple changes this pie would be amazing. Shaved chocolate…maybe even a lower layer of chocolate, light on the cherries…I really liked it. So…I might be strangled for my number five, but I liked it.

6. Chocolate Pie with Oreo Crust. Ever have one of those pies that just makes you go gooey inside? This is one of those. Pudding filling, crisp crust. Very Tasty!

7. Shoo Fly. Another really good pie and just barely missed the top five. Molassasey!

8. Orange Meringue. The meringue in this pie was amazing! Well done Lou!!!

9. Chocolate Crunch Mud. The ladies are going to hate me for this one! The filling was amazing…very puddingesque.